Catholic women are leaving the church. This group wants them to lead it. Ep. 84

The Catholic Church is failing to engage Catholic women. A
groundbreaking survey of Catholic women published by America
earlier this year found that 26 percent rarely or never attend
Mass; 27 percent only attend a few times a year; and 67 percent of
Catholic women have never served in a parish in any ministry. The
GIVEN Institute is trying to fix that. This week we chat with Elise
Italiano, the group’s executive director, about what they’re doing
to help Catholic women lead inside and outside the church. On Signs
of the Times, our weekly Catholic news roundup, we scratch our
heads at the U.S. bishops’ inaction on sexual abuse at the annual
meeting in Baltimore, look at the next U.S.-born #Blessed, see how
an N.B.A. rookie is helping out his Catholic high school, and more.
Links from the show: Given Institute Vatican tells U.S. bishops to
delay votes on new sex abuse protocols Pope Francis appoints
Archbishop Scicluna to top role in addressing abuse crisis Jesuits
to release names of accused priests in the west Pope recognizes
martyrdom of U.S. Christian Brother Kevin Knox’s deal with Puma
also benefits Tampa Catholic’s basketball program What’s on tap?
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